Radiator hanger



Inventor 2"Sheets-Sheet l E. L. HESSEL RADIATOR HANGER Filed Jan. 20. 1928 Nov. 19, 1929.

EDWARD L. HEssEL iiwiliiig E 1 Attorneys 'Nov. 19, 1929. E. 1.. HESSEL 1,736,596

RADIATOR HANGER Filed Jan. 20, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 v AI e 2 1 g lob g 1 1 11 a g i ill 32 g I'hventor EDWARD L. HEssEL Attorneys Patented Nov. 19, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT oF FI-cr:

EDWARD L. HESSEL, OI MINNEAPOLIS, MlllE'ESOTA, ASSIGNO'R'. T LITTLE GIANT MANUFACTURING 00., 0F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, A CORPORATION OF DELA- WARE RADIATOR HANGER Application fil'ed January 20, 1928'. Serial. No. 248,103.

This invention relates to improvements in radiator hangers and has for a particular object to provide a simplified hanger construction in which the tie bolt, for holding the radiator in upright position upon the-hanger, is connected directly with the hanger, rather than with a wall bracket which is ordinarily used to support the hanger.

Other objects of the invention are to pro vide means in the form of anabutment by which the hanger is supported, and adjusted and to provide a tie bolt connection between this adjusting and supporting means by which the tie bolt is directly connected to the hanger and by which the adjusting means is held against accidental movement after ad j ustment to provide an arrangement whereby the tie bolt may be dropped downwardly into connecting position; to provide a hanger'havi'ng a socket in its upper end into which a projection of the tie bolt may be dropped to secure the tie bolt directly to the hanger; and

generally to provide constructions that eliminate the use of means upon the wall bracket which supports the hanger, to provide adjustment for the tie bolt according to the adjustments of the radiator in, directions parallel with the wall.

Features of the invention include the broad idea of connecting the tie bolt directly withthe hanger rather than with the wall plate, as well as to the arrangement of the parts, and details of construction of the parts per se, all as shown in the drawings and described in the specification.

Advantages and uses of the invention will be set forth in the description of the drawings forming a part of this application, and in said drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan View showing one form of the invention in use, a portion of the radiator being broken away to show the abutting engagement of one abutment of the tie bolt therewith;

Figure 2 is a Vertical section of the con struction of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a front view, with the radiator removed, and showing the tie bolt in section;

Figure 4 is a view of the recessed and threaded hanger. supportingabutment,which also functions as a means'for adjusting the hanger in a verticaldirection;

Figure 5! is a plan viewof amodification, 1nwhich the upper end of. the; hanger isre cessed. to receive aprojecting portion of the t e bolt;

l -gure 6' is a vertical section thereof;

F gure 7 shows a detail of one form or pro ecting portion forthe tie bolt ;1

Figure 8 is a vertical section showing another form which thev hanger is provided with a removable extension recessedvto receive the tie bolt; and

Figure 9 is a perspective View of the reinovable extensiono-f the; hanger, which differs in form from that shown in Figure 2.

Referring first to Figures 1,, 2, 3 and 4. ,A. bracket or wall plate having a wall-engaging portion 1 is secured against the wall, in this lllSlZ-EDCG' by single bolt 2, passing through a sin-table opening in the plate. The portion 1 is provided with a prong 3 which enters the wall and prevents rotative motion of the bracket upon the bolt. The bracket has. a horizontal portion 5' having a slot 6 therein elongated in a direction parallel with the wall, to allow adjustment. of the hanger in that direction, The wallbracket simplypro ya-des a support for the hanger and allows. adustment of the hanger in a direction parallel with the wall. A, preferred construction of the. hanger is shown, although no intention is had to be limited to the: particular construction. The hanger should be considered as an element attachable to the wall plate and having means for supporting a radiator. In this instance, the hanger comprises a rod 10 threaded at upper and lower ends respectively as at 1l--l21 It will be understoodthat the threads may be of any length so that any desired degree of vertical adjustment may be In this: instance, the lower end of the hanger has rotatably connected therewith a foot 13 having a curved, portion 14. to" engage the connectingrelexhent 15 of the radiator; and having a flattened rear portion 16 which: en-

gages: the wall. A nut 17 cooperating with the threads 12 provides means for vertically adjusting the foot 13. The upper end of the 9 parallel with the wall.

rod extends loosely through the slot 6, and the threads 11 have engaged therewith an ele ment 20 which acts as a combined hanger-supporting, hanger'adjusting, and tie-bolt-connecting element, thus adapted to perform at least three functions. This element is providedas shown in Fi ure 4 with an upstanding portion 21 centra 1y slotted as at 22, with theslot opening upwardly. The abutment 20is thus provided with a recess to receive the shank of a tie bolt and to abuttingly engage an abutment of the bolt to prevent bolt translation in a horizontal, axial direction. The tie bolt is indicated at 25 and in this instance, has a head 26 engaged with an abutment clip 27, although it will beunderstood that the abutment which engages the radiator as shown in Figure 1 may be formed in any preferred manner. No claim is made for the particular construction of this element except that it is provided with two abutments one of which must engage the radiator in the manner shown in Figure 1 and the other of which must be capable of engaging the rear surface 29 of the upstanding portion 21 of the adjustable abutment 20. The engagement of the abutments is such that the movement of the radiator away from the rod or hanger is prevented. It will be noted that when the tie bolt 25 has its abutments engaged as set forth, the rotation of the adjusting-abutment 20 is prevented. This arrangement is an important feature oi the invention, and is broadly claimed, along with direct attachment of the tie bolt with thehanger, in-

stead of with the wall plate. An important result obtained by having the tie bolt directly connected for movement with the hanger is that it is unnecessary to provide means upon the bracket to receive the tie bolt for each adjusted position of the radiator in a direction It will be further noted that the tie bolt engages the radiator and is detachably connected with the bracket. It will further benoted that it is detachably connected at a point above the bracket, and

that it can be dropped into position within a recess carried by or as part of the hanger. 'As best shown in the modlficatlon in Figure 6 the hanger 10 has a recess 30 in its upper "end and the tie bolt 25 has an extension 31 which fits into the recess. The tie bolt in 7 this case has the same general construction "as the first mentioned tie bolt, except that one of the abutments is the extension 31, se-

cured by the nut 28 although it will be understood that element 31 may be integral with the tie bolt. Inthis case the nut 28? ennut 32 hasthreaded engagement with the hanger in a manner similar to that shown f'fOI -thG abutment 20. The extension 31, as

will be seen in Figure 7, in this instance has anopening 33 through which the shank of the bolt 25 passes. The extension is tapered as at 34: so that downward movement in the recess 30 will be limited, but so that the element 25 andthe extension 31 can be raised and lowered within the socket 30.

In the modification of the invention shown in Figure 8, the hanger 10 traverses the bracket in the same manner, but thehanger is provided with a removable and recessed extension generally indicated at 35 which does not have a threaded engagement with the rod. -This extension, as a bracket, has an opening 36 through "which the upper end of the hanger passes, and the recess is provided in this instance in the upstanding portion 37 the recessbeing indicated at 38. There cess is formed in this instance in substantially the same manner as shown in Figure 4 for the first form of the invention. The tie bolt 25 is connected with the removable extension 35 in the manner similar to-the connection of the bolt in the other forms. In this instance, however, the nut 32. connects with the hanger 10 at the upper side of the horizontal portion of the extension 35, and the nut bears downwardly onto the extension and thus compressively secures it against the upper surface of the horizontal portion of the wall bracket.

I claim as my invention:

A bracket, a hanger including a rod, a nut securing the rod, said nut having a recess into which a bolt shank can be dropped, said recess including a pocket within which a nut threaded on the bolt, is received when the bolt is translated outwardly and when so received is prevented from rotation when the bolt is rotated. I

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my handthis 13th day of January, 1928.

EDWARD L. HESSEL. 

